Portland Edges Closer To Google Fiber

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 12, 2014 @06:19AM from the bridge-and-router-city dept.

Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes Portland, Oregon has taken another step toward finalizing a franchise agreement with Google Fiber. In a unanimous vote, the city council has approved the prospective contract. While existing Internet Service Providers fume, Mary Beth Henry, manager of Portland's Office for Community Technology, pointed out that Google is prepared to make a major investment in the city's infrastructure, while the other firms are not. Ms. Henry also indicated that Google was not receiving any special treatment. Google spokesperson, Jenna Wandres, responded to events in an email, saying, "There's still a lot of work to do beyond this one agreement, but we hope to provide an update about whether we can bring Fiber here later this year."

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I predict many grassroot campaigns objecting! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-06-12 06:27 · Score: 0, Funny

I predict many grassroot campaigns objecting - all of them totally legitimate!
Oblig by ovidus+naso · 2014-06-12 06:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Keep Portland Wired

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Re:Property Values? by swb · 2014-06-12 08:27 · Score: 4, Funny

That reminds me of my house hunting back in 1998 when I'd have my wife distract the real estate agent while I made a surreptitious call to our apartment so I could capture the house's phone number on caller id and check online to see if they had DSL available there.